With online sales are expected to reach $40 billion by 2019, small and medium-sized businesses that tapped into Canada’s e-commerce boom know the importance of fulfilling orders as quickly as possible. But, as you grow, balancing the volume of orders and the expectations of savvy Canadian online shoppers can make speedy fulfillment challenging. How can you keep up?

An easy way to soothe growing pains while enabling faster, easier shipping is to use parcel pickup instead of trekking to a post office. Amber Stafford, the busy co-manager of Victoire Boutique’s Toronto location, recently decided to use the parcel pickup service and likes the results. “Before, I had to wait until the store closed then head to a postal outlet in a taxi – we don’t have a store vehicle and our combined parcels can be heavy – and wait in line. Now they get out that much faster, no more cab fares and it’s way more convenient for me!” explains Stafford.